LOT 3487
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙANOC ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus; L Δ (date) to upper left field. For a similar specimen cf. RPC III, 5194; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.(13.49gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (CE 54). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[NEP]ധ KΛAY KAI[CAP], two crossed shields over two crossed spears / BPIT above, K-AI and [L] IΔ (date) across field; palm tree. RPC I, 4971; Meshorer 340; Hendin 6377. 2.67gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. 9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV] K M AY CЄY AΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ЄΔЄCCAIΩΝ, Roma, holding Nike, seated to left on cuirass, being crowned by Tyche of Edessa, holding sceptre, standing behind; goat standing right behind Tyche. RPC VI Online 134. 8.89gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
